The company made this announcement during trading hours today, 27 August 2008.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 181.09 points, or 1.25%, to 14,301.13.

On BSE, 31,971 shares were traded in the counter. The scrip had an average daily volume of 35,807 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 92.60 and a low of Rs 86 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 131.45 on 22 May 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 70.55 on 4 July 2008.

The small-cap company had underperformed the market over the past one month till 26 August 2008, declining 10.85% compared to the Sensex’s return of 1.45%. It had also underperformed the market in the past one quarter, declining 20.43% compared to Sensex’s decline of 11.42%.

The company has an equity capital of Rs 20.72 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

The current price of Rs 90.50 discounts its Q1 June 2008 annualised EPS of Rs 14.63, by a PE multiple of 6.19.

With this latest order, the company’s order book stands at Rs 746.95 crore.

In July 2008, J Kumar Infraprojects bagged two different orders aggregating Rs 53 crore

The company reported net profit of Rs 7.58 crore from net sales of Rs 89.41 crore in Q1 June 2008. Figures of the previous corresponding period were not available.

J Kumar Infraprojects is a civil engineering and infrastructure development company with primary focus on development of roads, flyovers, bridges, railway over bridges, irrigation projects, commercial and residential buildings, railway buildings, sports complexes and airport contracts.